-----Original Message----- From: Gurch [mailto:matthew.britton@btinternet.com] Sent: Friday, February 9, 2007 07:47 PM To: 'English Wikipedia' Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] expunging copyright violations (Was: Re: Admin burnout)
John Vandenberg wrote:
On 2/10/07, Guettarda guettarda@gmail.com wrote: ... I expect that this would require an "Request for Expunction" process, which amounts to more bureaucracy, but if its creation allows for more admins, the net effect is fewer backlogs.
Is something like this possible with the current MediaWiki and dump creation software?
-- John
This is pretty much just http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Oversight, is it not?
-Gurch
The mission of Oversight would need to be expanded to deal with copyright violations. Right now it covers only posting of sensitive personal information. Currently copyright violations are simply replaced, usually not even deleted. Oversight hides even from administrators. Would that be necessary or appropriate?
Fred